SFO → STL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · San Francisco, CA to St. Louis, MO · 342 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 15 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 95% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 30% departing 12–3pm.
On-time arrival
50%
Median delay
+15 min
90th percentile
+85 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from SFO to STL?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SFO → STL (342 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 50% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +15 min; the worst 10% ran +85 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time17250%
16-30 min5015%
31-60 min5015%
61-120 min5416%
2+ hrs154%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073158%+25 min
2025-083174%+4 min
2025-093057%+14 min
2025-103060%+17 min
2025-112726%+46 min
2025-122952%+36 min
2026-012785%+2 min
2026-022759%+12 min
2026-032778%+8 min
2026-042627%+55 min
2026-05268%+81 min
2026-063017%+54 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5235%
Tue5364%
Wed5246%
Thu5046%
Fri5246%
Sat3063%
Sun5258%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…